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10 Facts About Shannon Lay

1.

Shannon Lay has released four solo albums and was a member of the band Feels.

2.

Shannon Lay left Redondo Beach for Los Angeles when she was 17 years old.

3.

Shannon Lay was the lead guitarist in the band Facts on File, and later joined Raw Geronimo, who changed their name to Feels after several members left and others joined.

4.

Shannon Lay is a member of the Freedom Band, Ty Segall's backing band.

5.

Shannon Lay has cited The Damned, Stephen Malkmus, Nick Drake, Negative Approach, the Ramones, Slayer, The Velvet Underground and X as influences.

6.

Shannon Lay's debut recording, Holy Heartache, is a collection of 16 demos recorded at home.

7.

In 2018, Shannon Lay released a live session recorded for Audiotree featuring three songs from Living Water, two from All This Life Going Down and two previously unreleased songs.

8.

In December 2019, Shannon Lay released "Blue" and "We Mend" through the Sub Pop Singles Club.

9.

In June 2020, Shannon Lay collaborated with Steve Gunn to cover Blaze Foley's "Clay Pigeons" as a fundraiser for the Black Visions Collective.

10.

Shannon Lay appears on Devra Hoff's album Voices from the Empty Moor, a tribute to the English folk singer Anne Briggs, and Ezra Furman's song "Point Me Toward the Real".